Upgrading a Db2 server by using online backups from a previous release
You can rebuild your database on a previous release by using online database backups from the same release and then upgrade to Db2 version 12.1.
Before you begin
Before upgrading your Db2
server:
- Ensure that you have root access on Linux® and UNIX operating systems or Local Administrator authority on Windows.
- All necessary full or incremental online pre-Db2 version 12.1 database backups of your databases so that you can rebuild your databases by using these online backups.
Restrictions
Perform
this task only under the following conditions:
- If you cannot upgrade the existing instances and databases.
- If you did not perform full offline database backups recently or incremental offline database backups as indicated in Pre-upgrade tasks for Db2 servers.
Procedure
To upgrade a Db2 server by using online backups from a previous release: